Problems plague Egypt’s roads, rails - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Sarah El Shalakany

Sarah El Shalakany

Sep 16, 2016

Egyptian rail road workers stand beside a train which caught fire about 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Cairo February 20, 2002. Around 50 Egyptians trapped in a burning passenger train died in the inferno south of Cairo overnight. - RTXL2VJ — Egyptian railroad workers stand beside a train that caught fire about 50 miles south of Cairo, Feb. 20, 2002. It is described as one of the deadliest accidents in the history of railroads, killing 383. — REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby

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